Accidents and wrecks

Boats stove and capsized, men overboard, injuries aboard, and wrecks sighted or run aground.

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1. 1831 · George Porter: Whale stove a boat.
2. 1841 · Rowena: Discovered the burnt wreckage of a ship.
3. 1846 · Indian Chief: Whale smashed two boats and capsized another.
4. 1862 · Hopeton: Picked up wreckage from a cabin.
5. 1878 · Draco: Whaleboat capsized during chase.
6. 1826 · Rosalie: Second mate's boat stove in.
7. 1826 · Rosalie: Boat capsized and lost whaling gear.
8. 1827 · Rosalie: Whale carcass sank while stripping blubber.
9. 1828 · Rosalie: Gale stove in the ship's bulwarks.
10. 1828 · Galatea: Waist boat stove in during gale.
11. 1831 · Parker: Crewman fell overboard and nearly drowned.
12. 1832 · Parker: Man fell overboard and was saved.
13. 1832 · Parker: Boat capsized by an uncommon fish.
14. 1832 · Bengal: Stove broken and men suffered boils.
15. 1832 · Parker: Whale stove a boat and gear lost.
16. 1832 · Parker: Whale boat capsized during the chase.
17. 1832 · Bengal: Whale stove a boat.
18. 1832 · George Porter: Whale stove a boat.
19. 1833 · Bengal: Whale stove a boat.
20. 1833 · Bengal: Trading boat stove.
21. 1833 · Parker: Whale boat badly stove.
22. 1833 · Bengal: Boat stove by a sperm whale.
23. 1833 · Bengal: Crewman fell from yardarm and overboard.
24. 1834 · Parker: Left boat stove by a whale.
25. 1834 · Bengal: Boat capsized carrying forty local women.
26. 1834 · Parker: Whale stove and overturned a boat.
27. 1835 · Addison: Whale stove a boat.
28. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Killed whale sank before recovery.
29. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Boat slightly stove by a sperm whale.
30. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Whaleboat capsized and lost line.
31. 1836 · Addison: Whale stove a boat.
32. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Killed whale sank.
33. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Whale stove a boat.
34. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Chains parted and ship narrowly escaped wrecking.
35. 1838 · Edward Quesnel: A heavy sea stove a whaleboat.
36. 1841 · Rowena: Whale sank while bringing it to the ship.
37. 1842 · Rowena: Whaleboat stove during chase.
38. 1842 · Rowena: Bow boat stove by a whale.
39. 1843 · Rowena: Whaleboat stove during the hunt.
40. 1844 · Rowena: Whale stove a boat.
41. 1844 · Draco: Keeper jumped overboard to save crewman.
42. 1844 · Draco: Carpenter survived ninety-foot fall overboard.
43. 1845 · Indian Chief: Killed whale sank and took gear.
44. 1845 · Indian Chief: Whale boat stove during hunt.
45. 1845 · Charles Phelps: Killed whale sank and took gear.
46. 1845 · Charles Phelps: Crane broke and threw crewman overboard.
47. 1846 · Indian Chief: Whale stove a boat.
48. 1846 · Dunbarton: Sighted a capsized derelict ship.
49. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Harpooner swept overboard by whale line.
50. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Killed whale sank and was lost.
51. 1847 · Dunbarton: Whale's case sank after ropes parted.
52. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Bow boat stove during heavy gales.
53. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Hog washed overboard in heavy squalls.
54. 1849 · Mary and Susan: A whaleboat was stove.
55. 1849 · Draco: Cooper fell overboard and was rescued.
56. 1849 · Draco: Whale stove a boat for first time.
57. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Gale damaged bulwarks and stove a boat.
58. 1849 · Nimrod: Narrowly escaped wrecking on a reef.
59. 1851 · Fortune: Boat stove on a reef.
60. 1852 · Fortune: Whale stove boat and forced rescue.
61. 1852 · Active: Boarded an abandoned, waterlogged brig.
62. 1852 · Active: Heavy seas stove a whaleboat.
63. 1852 · Active: Waist boat capsized while whaling.
64. 1853 · Fortune: Whaleboat stove on its cranes.
65. 1853 · Lark: Starboard boat capsized during chase.
66. 1853 · Fortune: Boat stove by ice while chasing whale.
67. 1853 · Fortune: A Hawaiian recruit jumped overboard to swim ashore.
68. 1854 · Active: Injured crewman discharged and landed by islanders.
69. 1854 · Elizabeth: Captain's boat stove by a whale.
70. 1861 · Jireh Perry: Two boats stove during the hunt.
71. 1861 · Jireh Perry: A whaleboat was stove.
72. 1862 · Jireh Perry: Whale stove a boat.
73. 1865 · Brewster: Keeper stabbed hand with a marlinspike.
74. 1866 · Abraham Barker: Found a capsized brig at sea.
75. 1866 · Abraham Barker: Pilot whale stove third mate's boat.
76. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Carpenter repaired hull damage from getting stove.
77. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Sea stove the waist boat.
78. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Whale capsized second mate's boat.
79. 1868 · Abraham Barker: Whale stove a boat.
80. 1869 · Abraham Barker: Captain stabbed himself with a file.
81. 1869 · Abraham Barker: Partner ship capsized a whaleboat.
82. 1881 · Pedro Varela: Spotted a capsized wreck.
83. 1905 · Karluk: Native stranded on breaking ice.
84. 1830 · George Porter: Crewman cut with a lance.
85. 1843 · Jefferson: Whale smashed two boats and injured crew.
86. 1844 · Solon: Crewman badly cut in blubber room.
87. 1847 · Abigail: Sighted a wrecked vessel broken in two.
88. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Rescued survivors of the wrecked David Paddock.
89. 1864 · Brewster: Captain badly cut by an adze.
90. 1866 · Abraham Barker: First mate scalded by hot oil.
91. 1876 · E. H. Hatfield: Found an abandoned boat adrift.
92. 1826 · Rosalie: Mates and boatsteerer temporarily blinded.
93. 1827 · Rosalie: Rescued crew from abandoned sinking ship.
94. 1831 · Parker: Man fell off stage, rescued almost dead.
95. 1831 · Parker: Crewman badly scalded by hot oil.
96. 1832 · Parker: Mate badly hurt hand letting go anchor.
97. 1832 · Parker: Mate lost a finger.
98. 1832 · Parker: Mathias Smith sidelined by a rupture.
99. 1832 · Bengal: Sighted a wreck.
100. 1834 · Addison: Ran aground trying to clear another ship.
101. 1834 · Bengal: Captain cheated and stranded Hawaiian crewmen.
102. 1834 · Bengal: Seven men flung from yardarm during gale.
103. 1835 · Addison: Gale halted work on a sinking whale.
104. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Captain badly injured and forced return.
105. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Ship ran hard aground.
106. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Falling pulley wheel struck a sailor's head.
107. 1836 · Addison: Crewman crushed by rolling cask.
108. 1842 · Rowena: Crewman injured and treated by French doctor.
109. 1844 · Draco: Harpooner fell 70 feet into the sea.
110. 1844 · Rowena: Boat smashed and officer's arm broken.
111. 1844 · Draco: Boat smashed and crewman injured.
112. 1844 · Draco: Crew member fell overboard and was rescued.
113. 1845 · Edward: Carcass abandoned after a hard chase.
114. 1846 · Charles Phelps: Whale smashed two boats and injured mate.
115. 1846 · Indian Chief: Killed whale sank immediately.
116. 1847 · Draco: Mrs. Robinson badly cut her head.
117. 1847 · Mary and Susan: Crewman cut in the blubber room.
118. 1847 · Mary and Susan: Mr. Stafford injured in the lower hold.
119. 1847 · Mary and Susan: A falling sail injured a boy.
120. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Patrick was badly injured by the wheel.
121. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Took crew from wreck on board.
122. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Collins injured by a block.
123. 1850 · Mary and Susan: John Mc Dougl stabbed and injured.
124. 1850 · Fortune: Cook incapacitated by a fall.
125. 1850 · Fortune: Crew members recovered from illness and injury.
126. 1851 · Fortune: Carpenter severely cut his finger.
127. 1851 · Fortune: Crewman dislocated his collarbone in a fall.
128. 1851 · Fortune: Injured crew members showed no improvement.
129. 1851 · Pacific: Ran aground on the Fort Flat.
130. 1851 · Fortune: Lovett's injured hand showed no improvement.
131. 1851 · Fortune: Cook cut off his great toe.
132. 1851 · Fortune: Crew members suffered various ailments.
133. 1852 · Fortune: Third mate injured during cockfight.
134. 1852 · Fortune: Cook hurt in fall down ladder.
135. 1854 · Active: Officer lost the end of his finger.
136. 1857 · Daniel Wood: Keeper struck in eye by rope.
137. 1861 · Jireh Perry: Abandoned a dryskin whale.
138. 1863 · Mary: Cook dislocated his shoulder in a fall.
139. 1867 · Abraham Barker: Second mate broke his collarbone.
140. 1868 · Abraham Barker: Carpenter injured by a sliding cask.
141. 1893 · Beluga: Captain Whiteside badly injured in fall.
142. 1905 · Karluk: The Bowhead ran aground.
143. 1905 · Karluk: Bowhead broke bowsprit and Alexander ran aground.
144. 1834 · Bengal: Botton injured his foot on shore.
145. 1834 · Bengal: Keeper injured by an oil cask.
146. 1847 · Draco: Man cut by the cook.
147. 1850 · Fortune: Chase's hand got better.
148. 1850 · Fortune: Chase's finger improved.
149. 1850 · Fortune: Chad's hand reported about well.
150. 1851 · Fortune: Cook's foot improved.
151. 1851 · Fortune: Mondoo's finger improving.
152. 1851 · Fortune: Sick and injured crew improved.
153. 1851 · Fortune: Cook's toe reported recovering.
154. 1853 · Fortune: Manuel off duty with sore foot.

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